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ἰσχυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσχυρός ἰσχυρά̄ ἰσχυρόν

Structure: ἰσχυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i)sxu/s

Sense

  1. strong, mighty
  2. mighty, powerful
  3. forcible, obstinate, stiff, stubborn, inveterate, excessive

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἰσχυρός ἰσχυρᾱ́ ἰσχυρόν
Genitive ἰσχυροῦ ἰσχυρᾶς ἰσχυροῦ
Dative ἰσχυρῷ ἰσχυρᾷ ἰσχυρῷ
Accusative ἰσχυρόν ἰσχυρᾱ́ν ἰσχυρόν
Vocative ἰσχυρέ ἰσχυρᾱ́ ἰσχυρόν
DualN/A/V ἰσχυρώ ἰσχυρᾱ́ ἰσχυρώ
G/D ἰσχυροῖν ἰσχυραῖν ἰσχυροῖν
PluralNominative ἰσχυροί ἰσχυραί ἰσχυρά
Genitive ἰσχυρῶν ἰσχυρῶν ἰσχυρῶν
Dative ἰσχυροῖς ἰσχυραῖς ἰσχυροῖς
Accusative ἰσχυρούς ἰσχυρᾱ́ς ἰσχυρά
Vocative ἰσχυροί ἰσχυραί ἰσχυρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἰσχυρός ἰσχυροῦ ἰσχυρώτερος ἰσχυρωτεροῦ ἰσχυρώτατος ἰσχυρωτατοῦ
Adverb ἰσχυρώς ἰσχυρώτερον ἰσχυρώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν ἀπ’ αὐτῶν σφόδρα. ἤδει γὰρ ὅτι πόλισ μεγάλη Γαβαών, ὡσεὶ μία τῶν μητροπόλεων, καὶ πάντεσ οἱ ἄνδρεσ αὐτῆσ ἰσχυροί. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 10:2)
  • ὅτε ἐνεποδίσθησαν πτέρναι ἵππου, σπουδῇ ἔσπευσαν ἰσχυροὶ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 5:22)
  • καὶ οὗτοι ἀρχηγοὶ οἴκου πατριῶν αὐτῶν. Ὀφὲρ καὶ Σεί̈ καὶ Ἐλιὴλ καὶ Ἱερμία καὶ Ὠδουί̈α καὶ Ἰεδιήλ, ἄνδρεσ ἰσχυροὶ δυνάμει, ἄνδρεσ ὀνομαστοί, ἄρχοντεσ τῶν οἴκων πατριῶν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 5:24)
  • καὶ υἱοὶ Θωλά. Ὀζί, Ραφαί̈α καὶ Ἰεριὴλ καὶ Ἰαμαί̈ καὶ Ἰεβασὰμ καὶ Σαμουήλ, ἄρχοντεσ οἴκων πατριῶν αὐτῶν τῷ Θωλά, ἰσχυροὶ δυνάμει κατὰ γενέσεισ αὐτῶν. ὁ ἀριθμὸσ αὐτῶν ἐν ἡμέραισ Δαυὶδ εἴκοσι καὶ δύο χιλιάδεσ καὶ ἑξακόσιοι. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 7:2)
  • καὶ ἐπ̓ αὐτῶν κατὰ γενέσεισ αὐτῶν, κατ̓ οἴκουσ πατριῶν αὐτῶν, ἰσχυροὶ παρατάξασθαι εἰσ πόλεμον τριάκοντα καὶ ἓξ χιλιάδεσ, ὅτι ἐπλήθυναν γυναῖκασ καὶ υἱούσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 7:4)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. mighty

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